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i p Applicationr filed,` October 18, `1920, Serial'No. 417,746). Renewed July 1%;1922. Serialk No. 574,980. j

To all whom It may concern.' f Be itknown that I, FRANK M. STEINER, arcitizen of theUnited States, resident of Minneapolis,- county of" Hennepin, Statefof Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in rIowel Cabinets, of which the following is'a specification( f The object of my invention is to provide a towel cabinet in the constructionof which all gears and rolls are eliininateth` thereby reducing materially theV initialcost ofthe cabinet and the expense of itsupkeep.

,AQ further objectis to provide a cabinet that is easily*accessiblev for the purpose vof inserting a rollof clean toweling and removing the soiled portionand a cabinet `of such simplicity of construction that a' person4 totally unfamiliarwith devices of this kind would have no trouble in placing the Vclean towel therein and putting the device inconditiOnfOr immediate andconvenient use.

f A further and particularfobject is to provide a cabinet of such VVconstruction that the soiled towelk when released by the user will alWaysfall into the chamber provided 'to receive it, as soon as released by the user.'A

A further object is tokv provide a cabinet' in which provision isv 'made to n prevent y the solid portion'of the-towel from coming in contact with the clean portion at anytime Other objects of the invention willy appear from the followingkdetailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations', all as hereinafter described and u articularly pointed out in the claims.` j Y "In the accompanying drawings forming throughv a Ytowel cabinet embodying my` `in-y Y vention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on theline In the drawing, 2 portion ofthe base of the cabinet, having supporting legs 3 andprovidedwith a clean'v towel chamber 4. An opening 5 is provided in the top of the base, through which the roll K of toweling is inserted. 6 represents the rear wall of the base, havingan outwardly turned upper portion I between which and a depending flangeS an opening is provided for the end of the towel. VThe end 7 prefer- Y ably laps by the lowerk edge ofthe ange 8 hinged at l0 to thev frontwall of the base, 'said container having an open top kand pro# represents the flower( ing asit is rreoluiredyforv use. yThe yflange 8 is, preferably 'formed fromthe upper ,por-

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9"represents the soiled-towel container',-

having* aV closed bottom and preferably vided withfupwardly projecting straps 11 supporting ay cross `rod l2 over which-the p. lloose or free end of the-towel is adapted tol y 7oA slide. Straps 'llipreferably have outwardly turned lower ends 13l adapted to contact withpthe wall ,against 'which the cabinet .is placed and form /guides for the strip of towelingmoving vertically between them. W hen the container`9 is tilted forward. as

indicatedvby dotted lines in Figure 1,'the

opening- 5 is exposed and a roll of toweling may be inserted 'intor the chamber 4./ rlhen when the ksoile'd'towel container is tilted back to a horizontal position, as Vindicated by full lines in Figure-ll,I the opening 5 will n be closed and the cleantoweling will thereby be protected from dustand dirt. TheV user, standing infront of the cabinet, willV v draw on tlieloose end of thek towel and as fastas itis used, the soiled portioniwill be allowed to drop linto the container. 9,"as intowelingiis entirelyused up. The container will then be emptied ofits contents and the soiled towel ret-urned'to the laundry and a clean rollplacedy inthe chambers i In` atowel V cabinet of this typel where yards of continuous towel are used, itis very important Vthat the cabinety be constructed vso 'dicated in Figure l, until the-roll of clean that as thecleanffwebisdrawnfout and used, 1

and thenreleased orl droppedby the user, it'willsfall,downby'itself into the compartit without any action-,orattention whatsoever on the part ofthe user. n vPersons using hasty pull'is imparted totheqelean towel web, the wiping operation performed and the towelf web dropped asithe user leaves thecabinet, and unlessprovision is made for,V` the automatic deposit of thesoiled towelin its properchamber, the web would soonk be hanging outside of the cabinet or trailing onthe floor Vof the washroom. A very es- *ment withinN the cabinet provided toreceive f K 10oY va towel cabinet are usually in a hurry, a Y

i sential feature ofthis cabinet, therefore, is

the position and relative arrangement or" the clean towel roll chamber, the support for the so that the user may have convenient access to the ftowel, and whenhe is `through with it, the soiled portion will drop of itsownl weight into the chamber and be concealed froinview. Y

To provide a cabinet of this kind, it is necessary thatsufiicient space be arranged orat the top' for the'delivery oi the web of clean towel and the automatic deposit of the soiled portion inits chamber as fast as used; andfreleasedby the user. Applicant is able to produce a; cabinet of this type by mounting his clean roll inthe base, stretch-v ing the webk thereof upwardly over a suit- Y able support in the -rear Vof. the delivery opening` so thatthe clean towel can be easily obtained, and when released,l the.l soiled portion will drop into the chamber below the.

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The wall 6' etierts suicient tension on the looseend of the towelso that it will not Yfeed too Vfreely when pulled, particularly when the towell isy nearly unrolled and to l thisextentthe function-fot the wall 6 cor-y responds tothe element 8 in -my companion .application executed' October .11, 1920, filed October 16, 1920, Serial-No.417A66.

Iclaim as my invention :V 1. A towel cabinet comprising a base having a chamber for the clean'towel andan opening in its wall through which the loose end of 4the clean towel'is` passed, the top of' saidbase having an opening for the insertion of the clean towel, a soiled towel con-- tainer surmounting said base and normally closing said opening, said container having an open top thro-ugh which the soiled towel falls into said container,and means for sup-y porting the .loose end Aof the towel above saidr container and over which meansthe clean towel Y is pulled as it is used. 2. A towelv cabinet comprisingva base having a chamber therein toi receive the clean towel and an. opening in its wall through which the loose end of the clean towel is in- .serted,' a-.soiled towel' container hinged at its lower forward portion to said base and 3. `Aftowel cabinet comprisinga base having` a cliambertherein to receive the clean` Atowel and an opening in its wall througfnL clean towel web andthe delivery openingVV yasoiled towel container surmounting said.

base and 'adapted to receive the soiled end of' the ytowel as it is used, straps mounted on said container and projecting abovey the saine and having a cross bar between theml over ywhich-the looseclean end or' thetowcl is drawn, said strapsv having` meansbetween whichthe clean end ofl the towel is iced and guided; y y 4. A towelcabinet for a loose-end continuous towel'comprising a chamber inits lower portion for* the ,roll of the clean towel7 ,e upper compartment open fortliedelivery the-.clean towel the web of clean towel being` stretched upwardly in the rear of said cabinet, a support in the` upper portion of said cabinet over. whichthe looseA web of c leanftowel-fis drawn by the user to said open compartment wherein the soiledl portiony of 'the towel falls in folds when itis releasedgby the user. standing .in front of4 ,having a chamber therein to receive the clean towel, and' an 'openingL in its wall through y whichtheloose end` ofl the. clean'towel is fed, asoiled towel container, normally' closing the top ofsaid chamber and adapted to be moved to allow the insertion of' 'a clean Y towel into said chamber, saidcontainer having an Open top throuoli which the soiled portion. of thetowel. ytails ,as it isused, andl means. above said. container over which the loose end of the clean towel. ispiill'ed bythe user.-` Y .i

' GpA. towel cabinet comprising 'a casing having acliamber in: its lower portion 'for thev supply of clean towel anda support in i itsuppcr portion over which theweb of clean towelv passes to the user, said cabinet also` havingy a. chamber adjacent.` the clean' towel receptacle for the soiled towel and an opening above said soiled towel chamber throughvwhich the user. may Lconveniently grasp and Ypull the clean web, saidopening being` so positioned with respectto said .soiled towel chamber that thetowel whenA used and released will automatically -fall therein. z i i Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th' dayot` October, 1920.

. yFRANK M. SVTEINER." 

